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working polo mickey-mousing on-screen music packing daughter wave dissonant bass pedal tone leading lady begging staggering antagonist ex-husband conversing sacrificing mode mixture augmented sixth chord heroine tragic dramatic gunshot water half-diminished 7th chord somber dining double exposure chromatic scale detective sequence victim mother source music familiar tune three-phrase period upbeat ascending warm fantasy uneasy cooking 9th chord mysterious foreign key modulation distress room street hurrying child police treating murder suspension friend busy chromatic sequence linear chromaticism selfishness Neapolitan jaunty pc set chromatic parallelism car romantic frolicking distortion returning down dark appoggiatura tense glass lamp minor-major 7th chord death 64 chord distressed playing whole-tone calm dreaming murderer flashback ends classical music ringing added-note chord raising angry door spiral staircase love interest hectic collapsing chromatic mediant train dancing hopeful field fragmentation arguing leaving rising sleeping bad news whole-tone chord gun source to score title of film running entering octatonic scale robe optimistic graceful chromatic wedge spinning sitting sigh gesture scored source music restaurant realizing searching husband walking beach mourning closing questioning cheerful underscoring doctor emotional thinking splashing stairs sick person legs skipping pleading success watching stern ominous standing popular music ocean lumbering nurse escaping calling falling violence dock server patient harsh check subtle common-chord modulation arriving confessing parallel 63s deception worrying happy waves crying romance football knocking oscillation police station voice-over staring diminished 7th chord kissing bankruptcy jazz major 7th chord parallelism frantic excited justice cheering swimming flashback cut from film plagal cadence greed regretting waltz writing throwing betrayal stunned loving whole-tone scale imitation common-tone diminished 7th delicate sinister work deceptive resolution AABA structure breaking clinking window telephone stopping lost hope fighting dying disrobing beach house welcoming discovering celebrating cook depressed cast list opening up self-borrowing reveal jukebox illness attraction ABAB structure reverse stinger octatonic chord smashing comical deceiving waiting secondary dominant shooting ugly excitement kitchen combination of themes parallel period gentle club fanfare bold stinger sneaking peaceful altered dominant body 11th chord common-tone dominant 7th memory driving chair reuniting insulting ABAC structure suicide record fear promising rolling sports defeat pleasant singing interrogating mocking playful triumphant WB shield tritone traveling corpse split-7th chord ladder turbulent heroic bill whistling waitress name on screen agitated applying determined enharmonic reinterpretation guest newspaper sweet resolved toasting interrupting pondering love theme quotation flirting anger thanking betraying photograph maid lying shadow revealing tender reverse picardy troubled serving rushing ballet surprise setup slapping relaxed serious dance music wipe noble augmented triad parallel double period divorce enharmonic modulation comforting ticking looking glaring blackmail tearing yelling resigned dissonant confession blinds apologizing scolding crime unstable slamming laughing aggressive drinking forgiveness embracing sentimental sequential modulation disagreement dream-like lonely sliding bitter starring list contemplating score to source borrowing suspenseful breaking up record player smiling